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In the Thread: The High Resolution PCM files business, where?

Post Subject: So called high-res filesPosted by steverino on: 1/17/2013

Romy's thread makes for sad reading. I assume from all that I have seen that most of the "high res" files were taken from 16 bit Cd files or processed at that rate at some point in the processing chain. There are probably a handful of conscientious engineers who do a high-res transfer without any CD rate processing whatever. Didn't Sony make many of their SACDs from 16 bit Cd masters rather than analog masters? I guess with vinyl reissues from the better remasterers most of them are remastering the LP master? tape from higher res digital files. I don't think there is any more pure analog remastering going on but I could be mistaken. The less reputable vinyl remasterers just grab a Cd file. I'm just glad that so many good LPs exist and we didn't go from 78s straight to cassette tape.

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